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Lack of Planning for Ukraine 'Success' Causing Hitch in Biden's Funding Request - House Panel
Lack of Planning for Ukraine 'Success' Causing Hitch in Biden's Funding Request - House Panel
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One of the problems with Biden's supplemental funding request is his administration's failure to outline what a "plan of success" for Ukraine should look like, Rep. Michael Turner said on Wednesday.
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"The problem with the Ukraine funding is ... it's part of the issues that we've been discussing here and that is the failure of the administration to articulate a plan of success," Turner said. Turner said he had discussed with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky that the Biden administration in its latest funding request overloaded funding on the humanitarian side that does not even go to Ukraine. "So, Zelensky is settled with this perception of the American people, of billions of dollars that have never even gone to Ukraine and actually were used by the administration to go around the world," he added. Turner stressed that Ukraine aside, the latest request also includes issues regarding Israel, Asia and the southern border. In October, the White House announced that the funds approved by Congress for further military assistance to Kiev were almost exhausted, which is why the volume of aid packages has been consistently reduced recently. Biden submitted a $106 billion supplemental request to Congress that includes $61 billion for Ukraine along with aid for Israel.
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Lack of Planning for Ukraine 'Success' Causing Hitch in Biden's Funding Request - House Panel
WASHINGTON (Sputnik) - One of the problems with President Joe Biden's supplemental funding request is his administration's failure to outline what a "plan of success" for Ukraine should look like, Rep. Michael Turner, chairman of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, said on Wednesday.
"The problem with the Ukraine funding is ... it's part of the issues that we've been discussing here and that is the failure of the administration to articulate a plan of success," Turner said.
"In Congress people are debating what are we going to do, how do we achieve goals, objectives. What are our goals and objectives?"
Turner said he had discussed with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky that the Biden administration in its latest funding request overloaded funding on the humanitarian side that does not even go to Ukraine.
"So, Zelensky is settled with this perception of the American people, of billions of dollars that have never even gone to Ukraine and actually were used by the administration to go around the world," he added.
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Turner stressed that Ukraine aside, the latest request also includes issues regarding Israel, Asia and the southern border.
"The real sticking point is that the administration is unwilling to accept the failure of its southern border policy, and really do policy negotiations with Congress," Turner said. "This is not an issue of just funding for the southern border, you have to change policy issues, and that's going to be the holdup."
In October, the White House announced that the funds approved by Congress for further military assistance to Kiev were almost exhausted, which is why the volume of aid packages has been consistently reduced recently. Biden submitted a $106 billion supplemental request to Congress that includes $61 billion for Ukraine along with aid for Israel.
Earlier in November, the US House of Representatives passed an Israel aid bill, separating the assistance from the broader request from the Biden administration, which also included aid for Ukraine.
Biden and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer rejected the proposal, instead favoring the joint aid request.
